Fake Medical Certificates for Bail facilitated via Jail

The Amreli Police(Gujarat) have busted a sinister racket of fake medical certificates being issued to the family members of notorious incarcerated prisoners to help them get temporary Bail and then escape.

The entire scam was being operated from inside the VIP barrack of the local Jail by smuggling in mobile phones in cooperation with some Jail staffers. 

On Tuesday, Police booked twelve persons & detained 6 of them including a Rajkot-based Doctor who allegedly issued the medical certificates without carrying out the necessary checks of criminals' family members.

Nirlipt Rai, Superintendent of Police, Amreli, told the news agency that “The intention behind getting the medical certificates of family members was to enable the history-sheeters get bail which is difficult for those booked in serious offences. They wanted to produce fake certificates of their family members to secure bail. The history-sheeters then planned to escape once released".

In the last 1 year or so, ten prisoners have taken Bail & the Police are now investigating if they did so using this modus operandi.

At the same time, the gang facilitated calls for other inmates to their known people outside the jail. They used to charge hefty from the inmates, many of whom were even threatened of dire consequences if they didn't shell out the demanded sum.

The SP added that “It was as if they were running a public call office (PCO) inside the jail barrack".

Police found 40 IMEI numbers & seventeen sim cards from the accused. “The calls were made not just in Amreli district, but also to prisoners in other districts including Surat jail,” said RK Karamta, in-charge Police Inspector, Amreli local crime branch (LCB).

Those detained were Dr Dhiren Gheewala of Rajkot, Naresh alias Narsinh Vala, Shivraj alias Munno Ramkubhai alias Rambhai, Bal Singh Boria, Naresh alias Natu Khuman andh is adopted son Gautam. Except Dr Gheewala, all are natives of various villages of Amreli district. Of these, Shivraj, Boriya, Khuman & his adopted son Gautam have been booked under the stringent Gujarat Control Of Terrorism & Organized Crime (GujCTOC). 

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